What is the act that parliament put in place to assimilate the Indigenous population?
The Indian Act
What was the total number of residential schools?
130
The Red River Resistance was formed by...
Louis Riel
The act of erasing the past of a group or culture is...
Assimilation
Indigenous children, as a last resort, would often...
Run away from residential schools
The group of colonizers that stole and took Aboriginal peoples' land were...
The Europeans
The year the Indian Act passed was...
1876
What would Indigenous children do in secret?
Indigenous practices (e.g. speak their own language)
Louis Riel founded what province?
Manitoba
What did the government use to assimilate the Aboriginal people?
At least one of the three: The Indian Act, residential schools, movement to land reserves
What is one thing that Indigenous parents ended up getting into the residential school curriculum?
Sewing/knitting
What did the First Nations peoples anger result in?
Peace protests and resistances